Welcome to Madison Books, the neighborhood bookstore for Madison Park and its environs in Seattle.

We’re proud that in 2022 Publishers Weekly named us as one of the five best bookstores in America!

4118 E Madison St., Seattle, WA 98112 206-325-3160 info@madisonbks.com

Hours of Operation: Sunday to Saturday 10-6

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Our latest book recommendations

To read more, check out back issues of our newsletter and sign up to receive it by email every week.

Events

Visit our Events page to see the upcoming schedule for the Madison Books Book Club, and all other store events. Our Book Club meets every month at 6:30 p.m., usually but not always on the last Thursday, at Parlour Wines, across the street from the Madison Park tennis courts. All readers are welcome--you don't need to sign up in advance, but registering here will help us plan for the right number of attendees.

Our upcoming discussions:

  • Mar. 28: Ordinary Wonder Tales by Emily Urquhart

  • Apr. 25: Beneficence by Meredith Hall

  • May 30: Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark

  • Jun. 27: Liquid, Fragile, Perishable by Carolyn Kuebler

  • Jul. 25: A Stranger in the Kingdom by Howard Frank Mosher

  • Aug. 29: King Philip’s War by Eric B. Schultz and Michael J. Tougias

For those of you who prefer reading to discussing, we’ve also organized monthly Silent Book Club meetings, on the third Wednesday of the month at two nearby venues: from 2 to 4 pm at Cafe Flora and from 7 to 9 pm at the Attic. Learn more at our Events page, and sign up to let us know you’ll be coming (though registration is not required).

 

Our Newsletter

Periodically, we send out an email newsletter containing book recommendations, store news, and any other book-related thing we think you might want to know about. If you’d like to join our mailing list (we won’t spam you otherwise), you can do so here.

 

Phinney Books

Don’t forget to visit our sibling store in Seattle’s Greenwood/Phinney Ridge neighborhood, Phinney Books. Pay a call in person at 7405 Greenwood Ave. N or find their presence online at phinneybooks.com.

 
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2023 Bookseller Favorites

See James’s favorite books of 2023, fiction and nonfiction, including This Other Eden, The MANIAC, Dayswork, The Full-Moon Whaling Chronicles, and The Long Form.

Also check out top picks from booksellers Jeff, Kate, Meghan, Miranda, Sarah, and Christina.

 

Annual Bestsellers

What were your favorite books of the past full calendar year? Look no further!